About Kimpton

Kimpton is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village is situated west of Andover, in the north of the county, and has a boundary with Ludgershall, in Wiltshire. South of Kimpton there is Thruxton motor racing circuit, in the parish of Thruxton. The village also borders on to the villages of Fyfield and Thruxton.

The main settlement in the parish is the village of Kimpton, in the south of the parish; in the north there is the hamlet of Shoddesden. In the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 365.

The Grade I listed Church of St Peter & St Paul is situated in the village. The church is built of flint, stone rubble and brick, and has a tower and a cruciform layout. The oldest parts of the church are the nave and chancel, built in the 13th century; other parts were added later.

The village has a small pub called The Welcome Stranger, a park and a Village Hall, which also hosts a pre-school.

Kimpton Down, a rural area in the north and west of the parish, contains the remains of several historical sites including bowl barrows and Roman buildings. Excavations near Shoddesden found a former Iron Age/Romano-British settlement site.

Test Valley Borough Council has produced a Parish Profile of Kimpton including its demographics (about 35% of Kimpton is aged under 30), housing and amenities. The full report can be found on the TVBC website.

This web site is provided by and for the use of Kimpton Parish and is here to provide information and items of interest to all residents of Kimpton Parish.